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armored dinosaur
Panoplosaurus
Say it like this: “PAN-o-plo-SAWR-us”
Panoplosaurus mirus
Panoplosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1919 · Lambe, L. M.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 1.6 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Nodosauridae
The story in short
The genus Panoplosaurus dates to 1919, the year L. M. Lambe described it. The name means “fully armored.”
Fossils referred to Panoplosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Panoplosaurus at a length near 5 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 1.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Nodosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acantholipan
Acantholipan gonzalezi
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Animantarx
Animantarx ramaljonesi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Anoplosaurus
Anoplosaurus curtonotus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago